The New Mangalore Port Authority has handed over the work order for the construction of Fishing Harbour at Kulai near here at an estimated cost of ₹147 crore during an event organised by the Ministry of Shipping in New Delhi.
Authority Chairman A.V. Ramana handed over the work order to the lowest bidder — SAPL GCC Joint Venture — in the presence of Shipping Minister Sarbanand Sonowal, Ministers of State Shripad Naik and Shantanu Thakur and MPs from Dakshina Kannada and Kolar Nalin Kumar Kateel and Muniswamy at an event to commemorate the seventh year of Sagarmala Project, said an official release.
Sagarmala was launched in March 2015 with the objectives to achieve port modernisation and new port development, port connectivity enhancement, port-led industrialisation and coastal community development. As many as 802 projects worth ₹5.48 lakh crore under the Sagarmala programme are targeted to be executed by 2035.
NMPA has initiated three projects, mechanisation of Berth No 14 for handling container and other cargo on DBFOT basis, construction of new Berth No 17 for handling bulk and dry-bulk cargo and construction of Fishing Harbour at Kulai.